On Guard Against the Red Menace: Anti-Communism in Brazil, 1917-1964 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781789760002)

This book focuses on the values, beliefs, fears and actions of Brazilian groups that throughout the twentieth century fought the red menace. It is based on broad and diversified documentary sources, including police files, archives of political leaders, traditional press periodicals, newspapers and brochures of right-wing organizations, monuments, caricatures, and photographs. The work is a major contribution to better understanding the political impact of right-wing movements in Brazil and the justifications made for the authoritarian coups of 1937 and 1964. The author explains the intricacy of the political movements, leaderships and organizations that gathered around the fight against communism, as well as the ideas and images used to disseminate their arguments, including international sources of inspiration. The argument presented is not one of mere condemnation, but as dictatorship has reared its head post-1964 an assessment is long overdue in order to understand the
political impact of anti-c


Author: Rodrigo Patto Sá Motta
ISBN-10: 1789760003
ISBN-13: 9781789760002
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Language: English
Published: 02/01/2020
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.20w x 0.90d

About the Author

Rodrigo Patto Sa Motta is Titular Professor at the Federal University of Minas Gerais. He has been a visiting professor at various universities, and was Simon Bolivar Chair at LInstitut des Hautes Etudes de lAmerique latine (IHEAL Universite Paris III Sorbonne Nouvelle). He is a Researcher, Level I, at the National Research Council (CNPq) and is former president of Brazilian National Association of History (ANPUH).